How to Make Candy

Transcript So today I’m making gummy candy. I’m starting with a half cup of cold water, and to that I’m going to add three packets of plain gelatin. I’m just going to open these up, you can find these in the store, they’re available in the little box. I’m using Knocks but any kind will …

Transcript So my mixture is nice and opaque and fluffy, now is the time any flavorings that you’d like to add should be added now. So I’m going to go ahead and add just a couple of drops of the violet extract, but anything you like is great whether it’s a spice, a little bit …

Transcript Hi, so today I’m making homemade marshmallows. I’m starting with, I a have a couple of sheets of gelatin. Three sheets to be exact. If you can’t find sheet gelatin, you can go ahead and use the powdered, but these are really fun. What I’m going to do is just kind of break these …

Transcript Hi. My name is Katie Rosenhouse, and today I’m making one of my favorite things, homemade caramel popcorn. So I’m starting with a whole stick of butter, and do not worry, I’m making a whole ton of caramel popcorn. If you want to cut back on the butter, you can. It just won’t be …

Transcript Hi, my name is Katy (?) and today I’m going to show you how to make caramelized nuts at home. So I’m starting with three basic ingredients, I have whole almonds, these have the skin on but you can use any kind of nuts that you prefer, I’m going to start with about a …

Transcript So today I’m making peanut butter fudge. I’m starting with two tablespoons of butter in a pot. I’m going to add to that about three quarters cup of heavy cream, about one and a half cups of granulated sugar. You can see everything’s just going in together. This is a very easy process. You …

Transcript So today I’m making toffee. So I’m starting with a stick of butter and this stick is actually going to make a good amount of toffee so don’t be scared off right away. But a stick of softened butter right into my pot, along with, I have that three-quarters of a cup of sugar. …

Transcript Hi. My name is Katie Rosenhouse and today I am making brittle. I’m starting with about three quarters of a cup of granulated sugar right in my pot. I’m going to add about a quarter cup of corn syrup. This is going to keep my caramel from crystallizing. What that means is that any …

Transcript So today I’m making hard candy. I’m just starting with a little bit of sugar. I have about a half a cup of sugar right in a pot. I have about a quarter cup of honey. Or you could substitute that for corn syrup or agave, anything that you prefer. Going right in there. …

Transcript Today, we’re making chocolate sea salt caramels. So, I’m starting with about three-quarters of a cup of sugar ran into a pot, three-quarters of a cup heavy cream, and about half a cup of corn syrup. I just use regular corn syrup. You can use light if you want to. It won’t make it …

Transcript So today I am making fruit and nut caramels which are amazingly easy. I am starting with a cup of sugar right into my pot, a cup of heavy cream, a very low-fat recipe, half a cup of corn syrup, right into my pot, and about three tablespoons of butter. What that butter is …

Transcript So today we’re making chocolate turtles and we’re starting with three simple ingredients. I have melted chocolate. I have a homemade caramel, which is basically just sugar, water, corn syrup, and a little bit of heavy cream and salt, and pecans, which are kind of the main part of the chocolate turtle. So what …

Transcript Today I’m making some caramel apples. You can see that I’m starting with these really cute red and green apples, but you can use any kind that you can find in the market. I especially love the little mini ones. They’re great for parties. All I’m going to do is, I have these really …

Transcript Hi, my name is Katy Rosenhouse. Today I’m going to make a homemade caramel. So I’m starting with a cup of sugar, so I have my measuring cup. Okay, so that’s one cup of sugar right in my pot. I’ve got a quarter cup of water. So let’s get rid of that. And you …

Transcript So I’m going to make some chocolate truffles. So, I’m starting with, I have a chocolate ganache, and to this ganache I added just a little bit of rosewater. You can add any flavoring that you like, or you can just go with a straight chocolate ganache, which is boiled heavy cream, pour it …

Transcript Today I’m going to make a chocolate ganache. I’m using dark chocolate. I have about eight ounces of dark chocolate, and about half a cup of heavy cream. Very simple process. I’m just going to start by bringing my heavy cream to a boil. So, I’ve brought my cream to a boil, and now …

Transcript So, I have my chocolate molds right out of the refrigerator. They’re nice and firm and ready to be filled. I’m going to go on ahead and with a piping bag. You can choose any filling you like, whether it’s store-bought or caramel. I’m using Nutella. You can make your own ganache and fill …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to use a chocolate mold. You could choose any mold that you like; they sell the plastic ones in a lot of stores. This is a nice heavy mold, and you can see it’s really beautiful, a nice shape to it. I’m using little hearts, just because why …

Transcript So today I’m going to make chocolate curls. So I have a little bit of dark chocolate, and my dark chocolate is tempered, which means it’s been melted down and cooled to the point where it’s nice and just barely cool to the touch, and also it’s going to setup nice and firm, and …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to make chocolate clusters which are probably my favorite treat in the world. They’re like reminiscing crunchy nice bits of fruit. So I’m starting with milk chocolate. You can use dark, white, or milk. It’s totally your call and I’m just going to pour it into a …

Transcript Today I’m going to make chocolate bark. When you’re making chocolate bark you can choose anything that you like, whether it’s dried fruits and nuts. Today I’m working with smores, so I have mini marshmallows and I have graham crackers. I’m just going to take some dark chocolate, and this is probably the easiest …

Transcript So today I’m going to talk about to make chocolate covered bacon, which is delicious. Here I have some candied bacon. So what I did was, I just took raw bacon strips. I put them on to skewers. You can see I kind of looped it into the skewer and then I just took …

Transcript So I’m going to be making some chocolate dipped Oreo pops. I’m going to take my Oreos and the first thing you have to do is split them in half so just a nice twist, and this is a good job for the kids to do and just right onto a cookie sheet. So …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to cover pretzels and potato chips in chocolate, which sounds weird but potato chips dipped in chocolate are probably one of the greatest things I’ve ever eaten and you should definitely give it a shot. I’m using, these are chili lime chips, you can use any flavor …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to make chocolate covered strawberries, something that when you buy them in the store they’re so expensive, so this is an easy way to do it yourself. Here I have the biggest strawberries I could possibly find. If you can get the ones that are long-stemmed, even …

Transcript So today I’m going to make some chocolate leaves, so I have my tempered dark chocolate and I have some mint leaves. This is great whenever you’re making any sort of cake and you want beautiful chocolate leaves coming off of the top of it, super easy. I’m just picking out the biggest leaves …

Transcript Hi. So, today I am going to show you how to temper chocolate, which is a very complicated-sounding process, but it is actually super easy. I am starting with my dark chocolate pistoles, which are these nice, round chips, but you can use any type of chocolate as long as it is a good …

Transcript Hi, my name is Katie Rosenhouse, and I want to talk about how to choose chocolate. Sometimes, when you walk into the supermarket, it can be totally overwhelming. You see 1200 types of chocolate bars. Which is the best for the dessert that you’re going to be making? Well, let me give you some …